# Tony Davis Former Executive General Manager – Operations (G6M); Chief Executive Officer (Austmine) from 1 April 2026 ## Career chronology - **Appointed 3 April 2024; departure date not located; G6M page remained unchanged at cutoff: Group 6 Metals Limited** — Executive General Manager – Operations. [G6M appoints Executive General Manager of Operations]() (p. 1, effective appointment date); [Management Team]() (Management Team page, EGM Operations listing); [Austmine appoints Tony Davis as new CEO]() (Austmine CEO role and transition) - **Commenced 1 April 2026; current at cutoff: Austmine Limited** — Chief Executive Officer. [Austmine appoints Tony Davis as new CEO]() (appointment report, start date); [Tony Davis, Chief Executive Officer]() (2026 speaker biography) - **Americas role from September 2021; described as his most recent role before Austmine; exact end date not disclosed: Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade)** — Executive General Manager – The Americas; previously leadership executive for Global Business and Talent Attraction Taskforce. [Tony Davis]() (profile biography, Austrade start and Americas post); [Austmine appoints Tony Davis as new CEO]() (most-recent role before Austmine) - **Five-year tenure reported before G6M appointment; exact start and end dates not disclosed: Lubambe Copper Mine** — General Manager Operations, then Director Operations. [G6M appoints Executive General Manager of Operations]() (p. 1, prior role and five-year tenure); [Zambian President pledges support for Lubambe mine extension project]() (report on mine visit and Director Operations role) - **Appointment effective 1 May 2015; end date not located: Kidman Resources Limited** — Chief Operating Officer. [Kidman acquires Western Australian gold projects; appoints Tony Davis as Chief Operating Officer]() (p. 7, COO appointment) - **Earlier roles; employer-specific dates and positions are incomplete: Unity Mining; Rio Tinto; WMC; Pasminco; CBH; Sons of Gwalia; Rolls-Royce and Stewart & Stevenson** — Prior mining-engineering and global industrial leadership roles. [Kidman acquires Western Australian gold projects; appoints Tony Davis as Chief Operating Officer]() (p. 7, prior mining roles); [Tony Davis]() (career biography); [Austmine appoints Tony Davis as new CEO]() (prior executive career summary) ## Education and qualifications ### Mining-engineering degree reported; not independently verified [tony-education] Education reported by 2015 and in public profile · issuer reported · low materiality A 2015 Kidman ASX announcement describes Davis as a graduate of the WA School of Mines; his public profile also identifies the school and an education period. The exact award and credential verification were not located. **Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. Credential claim, not conduct or outcome responsibility. **Relevance:** Mining-engineering training is relevant to operations leadership; source statements remain unverified. [Kidman acquires Western Australian gold projects; appoints Tony Davis as Chief Operating Officer]() (p. 7, COO biography); [Tony Davis profile]() (Education section) ## Contributions and company outcomes ### Lubambe reported a 70% increase in ore output during Davis's operations-director tenure [tony-lubambe-output] 2017-2020 · issuer reported · medium materiality An issuer-hosted account of a January 2021 presidential visit reports that Lubambe increased ore production from 1.0 million tonnes in 2017 to 1.7 million tonnes in 2020, while identifying Davis as Director Operations. The metric is an employer-reported ore-tonnage figure, not copper output, and no independent source or personal causal attribution was located. **Attribution:** Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Davis held an operations-director role during the reported growth; source does not attribute the increase to him individually. **Relevance:** Provides limited employer-level evidence of operations at scale before his G6M appointment. [Zambian President pledges support for Lubambe mine extension project]() (report text, ore-production comparison and Director Operations identification) ## Industrial safety ### One worker death was reported at Lubambe during Davis's operations-director tenure [tony-lubambe-fatality] November 2020 · documented · medium materiality A January 2021 account of a mine visit refers to a November 2020 tragedy that claimed one life and identifies Davis as Lubambe Director Operations at the time. The reviewed source does not give the cause, the deceased worker's employer, investigation findings, enforcement outcome or Davis's personal involvement. No fault is attributed to him. **Attribution:** Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Operations-director tenure overlaps the reported fatality; available evidence does not establish involvement, causation or personal fault. **Relevance:** Relevant to safety oversight in a mining operations role; the evidence is incomplete and does not support an individual misconduct claim. [Zambian President pledges support for Lubambe mine extension project]() (report text, November 2020 fatality reference and Davis role) ## Governance and interests ### G6M's management page conflicts with Davis's later Austmine CEO role [tony-g6m-status-conflict] By 1 April 2026 through 1 November 2026 · documented · medium materiality The G6M management page still identifies Davis as EGM Operations, but a March 2026 appointment report states that he would begin as Austmine CEO on 1 April 2026 after an Austrade role, and a 2026 conference biography identifies him as Austmine CEO. No G6M departure notice or exact cessation date was located. The report records him as departed from G6M while preserving the unresolved date and possible transition overlap. **Attribution:** Responsibility unresolved. This is an unresolved company-page/status discrepancy, not a conduct finding. **Relevance:** Accurate management identification is needed to assess current operational oversight and avoid assigning later results to a former executive. [Management Team]() (Management Team page, Davis role); [Austmine appoints Tony Davis as new CEO]() (CEO start and prior role); [Tony Davis, Chief Executive Officer]() (2026 speaker biography) ## Suitability for the current role ### Operations experience is relevant to an underground tungsten mine, but delivery evidence is limited [tony-role-fit] Career to 2026 · analyst inference · medium materiality G6M appointed Davis to lead Dolphin operations, underground-mine preparation and several growth initiatives. His prior disclosed roles include operations leadership at Lubambe and Kidman and senior Austrade and industrial roles. The reviewed sources do not provide a dated, independently verified project record or quantify his individual contribution to G6M results. **Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. Role-fit inference from disclosed positions; not a claim of achieved performance. **Relevance:** Dolphin is a single operating mine moving from open-cut stockpiles toward underground ore. [G6M appoints Executive General Manager of Operations]() (p. 1, G6M remit); [Tony Davis]() (career biography); [Kidman acquires Western Australian gold projects; appoints Tony Davis as Chief Operating Officer]() (p. 7, operations background) ## Evidence gaps - No G6M departure notice for Davis or exact date ending his EGM Operations role was located; G6M's management page appears stale against the later Austmine CEO appointment. - The cause, inquiry and regulatory outcome relating to the Lubambe fatality in November 2020 were not located; no personal responsibility is established. - Prior-employer dates, qualifications and project-level delivery outcomes are incomplete and mostly issuer-reported.